{"product_id":"the-man-in-the-wooden-hat-paperback","title":"The Man in the Wooden Hat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Gardam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecond in the Old Filth trilogy. \"An astute, subtle depiction of marriage . . . absolutely wonderful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical novel that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself.\u003cbr\u003eThey met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of the late 1940s.\u003cbr\u003eAs a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the fifty-year union of two remarkable people, \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph. Fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power, it will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, \u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e, so compelling and thoroughly satisfying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny and affecting . . . It's remarkable.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The latest occasion to celebrate Gardam . . .  a] superb novel.\"--Maureen Corrigan, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Told with quintessentially British humor . . . Gardam's prose is witty and precise.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's magnificent. . . . Funny, intelligent and immensely moving.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Gardam has twice won the Whitbread Award, for \u003cb\u003eThe Hollow Land\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eQueen of the Tambourine\u003c\/b\u003e. She is also the author of \u003cb\u003eGod on the Rocks\u003c\/b\u003e, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently, \u003cb\u003eFaith Fox\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378632978534,"sku":"9781933372891","price":23.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S0V2U1RGU3JNSEo1WWJKM01scXA1QT09.webp?v=1768907436","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-man-in-the-wooden-hat-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}